Vending-machine.



H. S. POND.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED APB. 22,1907.

959,598. I Patented May 31, 1910.

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H. S. POND.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 23,1907.

Patented May 31, 1910.

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H. S- POND.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APB.22,1907. 959,598 Patented May31,1910.

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III I: I" 1 Ill H. S. POND.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.22,1907.

Patented May 31, 1910.

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Eb PATEN 1 VENDING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IIARRY SAYLES Porn), a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to coin controlled vending machines and'articularly to that class of machines whicli are generally lo cated oncounters or show-cases in stores where they are protected from theweather and also from rough usage by reason of the factthat they are toa more or less'extent under the constant observation of the proprietorof the store or his clerks.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine of large capacityand comparatively few parts which can be immufactured inexpensively andis provided with devices of simple character to prevent it from beingcheated.

The machine is adaptable for vending goods of different kinds but in thedrawings l have illustrated it as constructed for vending matches toshow one adaptation of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the machine.Fig. 2 is a central sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig 3 is asectional view of the lower part of the machine taken on the line i) 3of Fig. 2. Fig. l is a horizontal sectional view on the line -l-4 ofFig. 2. Fig. 5 is av horizontal sectional view of the coin chute showingparticularly the guide arms. Figs. (1 and 7 are horizontal scctionalviews on the lilies l3-(3 and 77 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings 9 designates a casing referably made of glassin cylindrical orm and mounted on a base 10 of suitable character, thebase being provided with a chute 11 through which the goods aredelivered. A rod 12. preferably hollow for stiffness, is screwed intothe base and a tube 13 is arranged on the lower part. of this rod andrests u )on said base. An ejector plate 14 is provided with a sleeve 15to fit on the tube 13 and is secured to said tube by a set screw 15'.This ejector plate (Fig. 7) has a plurality of recesses 17. one for eachcompartment of the magazine, and a depending flange 18 at one side edgeof each recess operates as an ejector to push a box to the deliverychute. A stop 19 on the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 22, 1907.

Patented May 31, 1910.

Serial No. 369,603. I

underside of the ejector plate at the inner edge of each recess preventsthe box from moving inward on the base and out of line with the chute.

A revoluble magazine for holdin the goods to be vended is arrangedwithln the casing and comprises a plurality of radially arrangedcompartments 20 supported upon a plate 21 wlnch is rigid with the sleeve22 revolubl fitted on the tube 13 and provided with recesses 23 in itslower edge to receive the projections 23' on the upper edge of thesleeve 15 (Figs. 2, 3) whereby said sleeves 22 and 15 are locked torevolve together. A stationary plate 24 constitutes the bottom for allof the compartments and it is provided with depending lugs 26 (Fig. 3)slotted to receive screws 27 which enter the cylindrical ring 28 fittingsnugly within the base and pro ecting above the upper edge thereof toform a. guide for the lower end of the casing. The bottom plate 24 hasanopening to permit the bottom box in a compartment to drop down on tothe ejector plate 17, and depending flanges 25' on the underside of saidplate at the edges of said opening prevent disarrangement of the box inits passage from the magazine to the ejector plate. One edge 25 of theopening is slightly higher than the op osite edge for a purposehereafter described (Fig. 2).

A circular toothed rack 29 is rigidly fixed.

on said bottom plate and is engaged by a gravity pawl 20 (Fig. 2) whichprevents the magazine from turning backward as will be describedhereafter. Each compartment is preferably made of a shape in transversesection to accommodate the goods to be vended and it has an opening 20'at the front (Fig. 4) to display the goods. A cover plate 30, having acentral opening 30 is loosely arranged on the upper end of the casingand has a peripheral flange 31 on which are mounted a plurality ofhandles 32. A projection 33 is located on the underside of the coverplate 30 to engage one of the compartments to move the magazine when thecover plate is moved. cap 34 is secured on the upper end of the rod 12by a screw knob 35 and has a flange 36 which projects over the edge ofthe cover plate 30 surrounding the opening 30. Lugs 36 on the capproject downward within and against the ring 37 which is fastened to thecompartments and on which the cap rests. A coin slot 38 of suitablecharacter is pro the discharge chute.

vided in a frame 39 which is adjustably secured at 40, 40 on the rod 12and projects upward through an opening 34 in the cap 34. 'A spider 41,having as many arms 41 as there are compartments, is rigidly secured onthe tube 13 beneath the lower end of the coin slot frame. A trigger 42is pivoted at 43 in the coin slot frame at one edge of the coin slot andone end 44 thereof is weighted to normally rest by gravity in one of thenotches 45 in a ring 46 fastened to the compartments, the other end 47of the trigger being thereby normally held projecting into the coin slot(Fig. 2). The coin slot frame has diverging arms 48 which engage thedepending flange 37 of the cap 34 to make the parts fit rigidlytogether.

In practice the lmob 35, cap 34 and cover plate 30 are removed and themagazine is filled with boxes of matches or other vendible articles andthe parts replaced. The spider 41 is set so that a coin of the properdenomination deposited in the coin slot will rest upon one of the spiderarms while a portion of the coin still remains in the slot.

In falling to this position the coin swings.

the trigger to the dotted position illustrated in Fig. 2 disengaging thetri ger from the notch in the ring 46 and unloc ing the magazine. Thenthe machine can be operated and this is accomplished by turning thecover plate. In settin the machine a box will be arranged upon t e basein the recess in the ejector plate immediately below the opening 25 inthe bottom plate and another box Wlll be arranged in said opening uponthe first box beneath it. When the magazine is unlocked by a coin thecover plate is turned a quarter turn, and the ejector plate carries thebox in its recess to The ejector plate slides beneath the box in theopening in the bottom plate and supports it and the stack in the.compartment until the first box has been discharged by the ejector plateinto the chute, at which time the next recess in the ejector plate hascome beneath the opening in the bottom late and the box which has beensupporte in said opening-dro s into the recess of the ejector plate tobe de ivered at the next operation, while another box drops into theopening in the bottom late. Thus a box from one compartment is deliveredwhile a box from the next compartment drops from the opening in thebottom plate to a recess in the e ector plate and a box from the nextcompartment drops into the open ing in the bottom plate. As the magazineis turned the spider arm on which the coin 5.0 rests is moved frombeneath the coin which falls upon the plate 21 and the trigger dropsback into position to engage the next notch 45 on the rin 46, therebeing a notch in the ring behin .each of the compartments so that themachine can only make a quarter turn at each operation and for eachcoin.

The ejector plate, the magazine and the spider are all actuated inunison by the cover plate and the pawl 29 engaging the rack 29' preventsreverse movement of these parts. The edge 25 of the bottom plate 24 ismade slightly higher than the opposite edge of the opening 25, that isto say, that portion of the bottom plate 24 adjacent to the edge 25 ispressed upward slightly to form a cam track on which the stacks of boxesin the compartments travel in approaching the opening 25 so that thebottom box in a stack will clear the top of the box supported on theejector plate in-the opening 25. This I enables a stack of boxes to becarried on to the box in the opening 25 without being obstructed by thelatter box.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A vending machine comprising a revoluble magazine consisting of aplurality of compartments to receivethe goods to be vended, a platebeneath the magazine forming a bottom therefor and on which the stack ofgoods ineach compartment rests, said plate having an opening thereinthrough which the goods drop from' the magazine when a compartment ismoved to position above said opening the edges of said openin being indifferent horizontal planes, an ejector means beneath said plate torevolve in unison with the magazine.

2. A vending machine comprising a revoluble magazine to receive thegoods to be vended, a plate beneath the magazine forming a bottomtherefor and provided with an opening therein through which the goodsdrop from the magazine, said plate being made to form a cam trackadjacent to one edge of said opening on which the oods in the magazinetravel as they approac the opening, and ejector means beneath saidplate.

3. A vending machine comprising a revoluble magazine consisting of aplurality of compartments to receive the goods to be vended, astationary plate beneath the magazine forming a bottom therefor andprovided with an openin therein through which the goods drop irom themagazine as the compartments are moved successively into position abovesaid opening and having a cam portion ad'acent one edge of said opening,and a revoiuble ejector plate beneath said bottom plate and providedwith a plurality of ejectors corresponding in number to thecompartments.

4. A vending machine comprising :1. revoluble magazine consisting of aplurality of compartments to receive the goods to be vended, a platebeneath the ma azine fornr ing a bottom therefor and provided with anopenin therein through which the goods drop rom the magazine as thecompartments are moved successively into position above said opening andhavlng one side of 'said opening raised to provide a cam surface, and anejector plate'beneath said bottom plate to support a package of thegoods in said opening in the bottom plate while another package is beingdelivered by said ejector plate.

5. A vending machine comprising a revoluble magazine consisting of aplurality of compartments to receive the goods to be vended, a platebeneath the magazine forming a bottom therefor and provided with anopening higher at one side than the other therein through which thegoods drop from the magazine as the compartments are moved successivelyinto position above said opening, and an ejector plate beneath said bottom plate to support a package of the goods in said opening in thebottom plate while another package is being delivered by said ejectorplate, said ejector plate having recesses therein corresponding innumber and location to said compartments to receivethe packages of goodssuccessively from the opening in the bottom plate and eje'ctors adjacentto said recesses.

6. A vending machine comprising a base, a casing mounted on the base, arevoluble magazine within the casing to receive the goods to 1 bevended, a stationary plate beneath the magazine to supportthe oodstherein and provided with an o ening through which the goods drop romthe magazine, revoluble ejector means beneath said plate, and. arevoluble cover plate on the top of the casing provided with a pluralityof handles located around its circumfe ence, said cover plate, magazineand ejector means being revoluble in unison.

7. In a vending machine, the combination of a revoluble magazinecomprising a plurality of compartments to receive the packages to bevended,. an ejector beneath the magazine to revolve in unison therewith,and a stationary plate between the ejector and magazine on which thestack of packages in each compartment rests, said plate having a radialopening therein through which the packages drop from the magazine when acompartment is moved to positionabove said opening, and the edge of saidplate over which the packages travel to the opening being inclinedupwardly to elevate the stack of packages so that the bottom package inthe stack will clear the top of a package supported on the ejector platein said opening.

8. In a vending machine, the combination of a stationary base, arevoluble magazine comprising a plurality of compartments radiallydisposed and adapted to receive, the packages to be vended, an ejectorplate above the base and revoluble in unison With the magazine, saidejector plate having an opening therein opposite each compartment inwhich a package may rest upon the base, and a stationary plate above theejector and forming a bottom for the magazine on which the stack ofpackages in each compartment rests, said plate having an opening thereinthrough which the packages drop from the magazine on to the ejector whena compartment is moved to position above said opening, the edge of saidplate over which the lowest package in a compartment travels to saidopening being inclined upwardly to clear a package resting on theejector.

HARRY SAYLES POND.

Witnesses:

WM. 0.. BELT, M. A. Kmnm.

